secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     MUELLER INDUSTRIES INC (MLI)
CIK:        0000089439
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-18T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000089439-22-000056
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  neutral
Materiality: 0.60
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Mueller Industries Q3 EPS $2.74, net sales $944.8M; adjusted op income up 15%
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- EPS $2.74 down from $3.01; net income $154.5M vs $171.0M.
- Operating income $205.2M; adjusted for prior-year divestiture gain, up 15%.
- Net sales $944.8M, down 3.8% due to divestitures, lower copper prices, and volume declines.
- Cash at quarter end $483.5M, up $395.6M from year-end; generated $312.4M from ops.
- Copper tube and brass rod volumes down 14%; value-added business sales up 22%.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943922000056/0000089439-22-000056-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/89439/000008943922000056/mli-20221018.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000089439-22-000056

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